吟
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to chant; to recite; verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems); (literary) to lament; to groan; (bound form) (in poetry) the cry of certain animals and insects; (music) rapid vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2]) (cf. 猱[nao2], wide vibrato)
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 口 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 吟
- Common rank
- #2,529
- Unicode
- U+541F
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 吟
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吟风弄月 | lit. singing of the wind and the moon; fig. vacuous and sentimental (of poetry or art) | |
| 游吟诗人 | troubadour; bard | |
| 吟游 | to wander as minstrel | |
| 低吟 | to chant softly; to murmur | |
| 歌吟 | to sing; to recite | |
| 沉吟 | to mutter to oneself irresolutely | |
| 吟唱 | to chant; to recite | |
| 朗吟 | to recite in a loud, clear voice | |
| 吟诗 | to recite poetry | |
| 笑吟吟 | smiling; with a smile | |
| 喜吟吟 | joyful; happy | |
| 无病呻吟 | (idiom) to moan and groan despite not being sick; to feign illness; to complain without ca… | |
| 吟诵 | to read aloud; to recite rhythmically; to chant; to intone (esp. poems in rhythm) | |
| 吟咏 | to recite; to sing (of poetry) | |
| 吟哦 | to chant; to recite rhythmically; to polish verse | |
| 讴吟 | song; chant; rhythmic declamation | |
| 呻吟 | to moan; to groan |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 今 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 今 sound part | modern, current; today, now | |
| 含 | to hold in the mouth; to contain; to cherish | |
| 贪 | greedy, covetous; corrupt | |
| 黔 | black; the Guizhou province | |
| 岑 | steep, precipitous; peak | |
| 矜 | to pity, to sympathize, to feel sorry for | |
| 衾 | quilt, coverlet | |
| 妗 | mother's brother's wife | |
| 侌 | old variant of 陰|阴[yin1] | |
| 芩 | salt-marsh plant | |
| 衿 | collar, lapel | |
| 钤 | lock, latch; to stamp, to seal |